{"id":13332,"date":"2019-02-27T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=13332"},"modified":"2019-01-27T13:22:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T21:22:53","slug":"how-to-help-an-author-leave-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/how-to-help-an-author-leave-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Help an Author: Leave a Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw this on Charles Delint’s Facebook page and it’s so very true.<\/p>\n

This is why I leave reviews on Goodreads for the books I read. \u00a0It doesn’t matter if the author is well established or just starting out.<\/p>\n

Reviews help get books moved on up the charts.<\/p>\n

Reviews help books get past the initial first day sales, giving them staying power.<\/p>\n

Reviews show that you, the readers, were moved by the book, whether it was in a positive or negative way.<\/p>\n

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Please leave a review after reading – I sincerely hope it’s a positive one \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

You can either leave a review for The Secret Service Agent<\/a>\u00a0or Conversations in Real Time<\/a> on their respective pages here on the blog, or on the digital store were you bought them (Amazon<\/a>, Barnes & Noble<\/a>, iTunes<\/a>, Kobo<\/a>,\u00a0or Smashwords<\/a>), or of course, on Goodreads<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thank you so much!<\/p>\n

Nicholas J. Finch<\/p>\n

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I saw this on Charles Delint’s Facebook page and it’s so very true. This is why I leave reviews on Goodreads for the books I read. \u00a0It doesn’t matter if the author is well established or just starting out. Reviews help get books moved on up the charts. 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